Alcoyano and the Colossus José Juan, a year later

Tomás González-Martín

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Marcelo was touching his enormous hair when that goalkeeper bald, big, tall, stocky, football seasoned more humble, he stopped a shot of his that was a clear goal. Asensio no It was possible to believe that his classic shot placed with the left, at pleasure, was not a goal because the ball passed under the goalkeeper and ran into the right arm of José Juan, who took his reflexes at the last moment. Lucas Vázquez was shocked when he saw how he cleared his shot, a goal almost made. The veteran goalkeeper from Vigo, who turns 42 on December 31, was to blame for the elimination of Real Madrid’s cup in El Collao on January 20 of last year.

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‘The bald man of the Cup’, as his teammates call him, then made nine decisive stops and his Alcoyano defeated the whites 2-1 in the 115th minute of extra time thanks to a goal from Juanan, although the visitors complained about a clear penalty committed on Militao that was not whistled because there was no VAR. And there won’t be in the rematch, because the balls of the Copa del Rey draw, morbid, have faced the two contenders again and José Juan dreams of writing more pages of history in the tournament after being key in the triumph over another club from First, the Levante, when stopping two penalties in the final shoot-out, the first to Pepelu and the second to Bardhi. Alcoyano warns again, the Cup is their thing.

Carlo Ancelotti will take very seriously serious the eliminatory, that will be played between January 4 and the day of Kings. Last year Zidane suffered a tough defeat. He initially placed in his lead Vinicius, Lucas Vázquez and Mariano, but the exciting force of Alcoyano forced him to take out Hazard, Marco Asensio and Benzema in overtime. The locals finished that meeting with ten, but Real Madrid could not beat them or at a disadvantage.

José Juan has unified the sentiment of the people of Alcoy because he mythologizes the success of the modest player who has played in a dozen teams as a poor soccer globetrotter. «I’ve been giving belly all my life», Comments the goalkeeper in the definition of his career. He has only played one game in the First Division, with Celta, eighteen years ago, against Racing. He had two good interventions, but a bad start allowed the Cantabrian team to draw in the 98th minute. He also played a Cup match with the Celestes, who beat Alavés 1-0. “My absence from Primera has weighed on my career,” he admits.

His career says it all: Valladolid B, Ourense, Celta de Vigo B, Celta, Murcia City, Granada 74, Águilas, Granada, Lugo, Elche and Alcoyano for two seasons. The Galician has great memories of the five seasons he lived in Lugo, which led to his signing for Elche four years ago. Lugo fans do not forget him and highlights his brilliance in the Cup.

“The secret of my longevity has been to take care of myself and know how to laugh at myself,” he stresses. José Juan Vigueira. «I learned in Lugo the important things to continue at the highest level and I knew that to stay agile I had to lose a kilo every year until I reached the 79 that I weigh today ».

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